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Word: strength (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quickly aparent, however, that such ratings would mean little in the match, and on the strength of some spectacular scrambling and occasionally brilliant shotmaking Emmet left the court with a 2-1 lead after the third game...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Crimson Depth Proves Superior As Squash Varsity Upsets Yale | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...Elis must occupy the favored position today on the strength of their victory in the National Team Championships last weekend in Boston. In taking the championship--the first time any college team other than the Crimson has done so--Yale defeated a strong Canadian aggregation which had put out the varsity in the first round...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Underdog Crimson Squash Team To Oppose Powerful Yale Squad | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...fencing team will try for its first Ivy League win against three losses when it meets an equally unsuccessful Penn squad today at Philadelphia. The varsity is a slight favorite to defeat the Quakers, but it will need top performances in foil and epee to counterbalance Penn's sabre strength...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity to Face Penn Today in Ivy Fencing | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

Tiger coach Cappy Cappon as usual will employ his "Iron Five," although their tensile strength is dubious after the Dartmouth massacre...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Five to Face Quakers In League Game Away Tonight | 2/27/1959 | See Source »

...safe to say that Samuel F. B. Ferdly had never looked worse. His face was haggard, his jaw hung open, his body slumped and sagged. He lay sprawled across the living room couch as if he had been dropped there and lacked the strength to move...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Mother's Ruin | 2/25/1959 | See Source »

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